Gorgoroth Frontman Infernus Assaulted and Sent to Hospital

Apparently the assault took place at "Beyond the Gates" festival where Gorgoroth played alongside bands like Marduk, Taake, Alcest, Dimmu Borgir and other "sketchy" bands, which has led some to affirm that the attack was politically motivated and targeted bands with NSBM ties specifically (source: Gorgoroth Guitarist Injured in "Political Attack"). Others say it was done by an ex band member of Gorgoroth, who had previously promised "retribution" against the band's frontman for stealing his earnings and not paying him.

There is notorious bad blood between Infernus (the current frontman), King ov Hell (the once bassist), Gaahl (the excommunicated vocalist). Additionally, there are other artists in the Norwegian scene who despise Infernus (not naming names, but Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone and Frost of Satyricon come to mind).

It has been reported that Infernus will undergo extensive surgery, a rehabilitation program, and will therefore have to cancel the South America tour later this year.

Infernus is known to make up lies constantly about himself and other members of the black metal underground, so take any of his claims with a grain of salt. That being said, there are multiple independent sources corroborating the fact that he was indeed attacked at a festival in Bergen earlier this year.

There has been a notable increase in political attacks against various bands of the scene - you mentioned Marduk and Dimmu Borgir, who both had their shows cancelled because of the crackdown on NS stuff - but Enslaved and Watain have also face multiple aggressions in the past 2 years alone.

What a whiny b-tch lol...

Infernus is known to make up lies constantly about himself and other members of the black metal underground

inferAnus making up bullshit stories about fake attacks to make himself look relevant? no way you must be joking he would never do th... oh wait nevermind he already tried that once :/

He is a poser but no artist should have to deal with constant threats of physical violence.. I wonder how people would react if he was a politician instead???

@inferAnus: The fact that he was assaulted in itself is indisputable, given that the band had to cancel at least two tours (South America and Poland) following the incident. This is not something record labels and promoters take lightly, so there would have had to be at least some proof provided (a medical diagnostic or at least some photographic evidence of injuries) What is being discussed here is whether it was politically motivated - Gorgoroth has attracted a lot of heat for being seen as cryptoNS - or whether it was totally unrelated to the recent assaults on other 'borderline' BM acts.

@Gandalf: Infernus spent the last few years on social media making up elaborate tales about how *he* was being targeted by a homosexual cult in Black Metal led by his former friend and vocalist Gaahl. Everyone called him crazy, but seriously, the timing couldn't have been more dramatic.

inb4 inferAnus didn't kill himself

@inferAnus: ...but Jon Nödtveidt did! Or did he?

shortly after our concert here in bergen, at the beyond the gates-festival, i was attacked by some fat little insignificant j**. i was badly injured and inhospitalized for a fairly complex operation.

Infernus seems to strongly suggest it was political given his statements. He also promised to work or repercussions or something like that on X and FB, so my bet is that this story is far from over.

Gorgoroth was always Gaygoroth and is always cringe. Not once have they released a good or even semi-decent album. Fail.

Doesn't their new vocalist, a Serbian guy, have ties to Azov or something like that? He also played on Khranial.

EDIT: my mistake, he didn't actually play on the album, he just wrote the liner notes of Monsters of Gore.

Gorgoroth, Watain, Dark Funeral... the trio of cringe.

King ov Hell is a better guitarist than Infernus could ever dream to be. Gaahl is also a better vocalist and bass player. What's left at this point for Gorgoroth? Their music sucks, their albums are awful (and on a downward spiral since KoH left the band), their live shows are empty (unless they tour with Morbid or Mayhem... I mean "The True Mayhem", but that's another story), they weren't even part of the original norwegian black metal movement as neither Euronymous nor Varg ever even knew who these people were, despite Infernus claiming to have been "present at Varg's trial" to "show support for a fellow Odalist" or whatever. Infernus is just an awful guitarist and a shame on Norway.

@Brett and @Phoenix: O.K. guys, we get your point already so please try and keep the discussion on topic. Thanks.

Hahahaha... who?

@Khorpse: Gorgoroth guitarist, the one behind the infamous name dispute controversy.

^ Ironically, I met Infernus (Roger Tiegs) in Oslo about four years ago. We chatted a bit after a live show, and he seemed like an okay person. Unfortunately after that he must have decided, out of conviction or opportunism or a little of both, to jump onto the Antoine Grand drama bandwagon, hence his fall from "grace" - he was never a top tier musician or anything, but IMO he deserved a better fate than what he is currently going through.

To reiterate, it was a really really really bad decision. He literally got rug pulled by his own stupid stunts at the very last moment (he endorsed the wrong person at the wrong time, and spent most of 2023~2024 starting drama by attacking every other black metal band in the genre).

The real issue with Gorgoroth isn't so much that the frontman, the guitarist, the vocalist, said this or that.

Or Infernus was attacked, or Gaahl attacked someone, or fighting over copyright with King ov Hell, or anything of that nature.

The real problem is that they use all that edgy "humour" to try and make people forget that Gorgoroth's music is bland, derivative, and not even black metal anymore at this point (sounds more like Pantera bounce than anything close to Bathory or Burzum). Let's just forget about this boring band.

yeah it was definitely political; i know roger and hes a good man, when he is sober that is. then he starts drinking and all of a sudden he starts talking about ww2 and **** like that. this isn't the first time he was confronted about that either; his vocalist from serbia is a hardcore nsbm fan and he would give high fives to session musicians who wore absurd shirts on the tour bus

According to Samoth, Infernus only became racist and 'pro HIV' after an incident while he was in prison in 2006. He started talking about Adolf H and 'spreading the used needles' and some **** like that, and it alienated even Gaahl.

@Kormoran: lol what? what kind of incident lmfao